Hypertext Webster Gateway: "galvanise"
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
galvanise
v 1: to stimulate to action : "..startled him awake." [syn: {startle},
{galvanize}]
2: cover with zinc; as of steel, for example [syn: {galvanize}]
3: stimulate by administering a shock; as of muscles [syn: {galvanize}]
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